After transportation to Nobel Island
Migrants sue Texas governor
09/22/2022, 09:34 am (updated)
The governor of Florida has migrants brought to the posh US island of Martha’s Vineyard – not because he is well-disposed towards them, but in protest once morest the US government’s immigration policy. The fugitives are now suing Ron DeSantis and his Department of Transportation.
The migrants from Venezuela, who were brought to the US holiday island of Martha’s Vineyard by plane, are fighting back with a lawsuit once morest the responsible governor of Florida. They accuse Republican Ron DeSantis and the US state Department of Transportation of misusing the plight of vulnerable people for their own political interests. This emerges from a lawsuit filed in a court in Boston. The migrants were lured with promises that turned out to be lies upon arrival.
Governor DeSantis had unannounced several dozen migrants brought to the island in the state of Massachusetts by plane last week. Martha’s Vineyard is known as a posh resort town, one of the most prominent residents is former President Barack Obama. The migrants had been flown to the island from the state of Texas via Florida, apparently baited with the claim that they would find work and housing there. DeSantis claimed they were chosen because they originally wanted to come to Florida from Texas.
Lured with false promises
The migrants’ lives have been “marred by violence, instability, insecurity and abuse of trust by corrupt government officials” in a way most Americans can hardly imagine, the lawsuit goes on to say. Their flight to the United States was a “desperate attempt to protect themselves and their families from gang, police and state-sponsored violence and the oppression of political dissidents.” They deserved just as much dignity and compassion as anyone else.
A Texas sheriff had previously announced an investigation into the case. “I believe that someone came from outside of our state and preyed on these people and lured them with promises of a better life,” said Democratic Bexar County Police Commissioner Javier Salazar. “As far as we know, 48 migrants were lured into staying in a hotel for several days under false pretenses.” Then they were taken away by plane.
The US government had sharply criticized the procedure and described it as “inhuman”. DeSantis, on the other hand, announced that there should be further actions. Other Republican governors had also sent large numbers of migrants to democratic regions of the country in recent months – in protest once morest the migration policy of the government of President Joe Biden, a Democrat. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, for example, had two buses full of migrants brought near the residence of US Vice President Kamala Harris in the capital Washington.
(This article was first published on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.)
